DUE TO NEGLIGENCE OF LOCAL GOVT. OFFICE ( IN THIS CASE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA , KOLKATA CIRCLE ), A HATERED TOWARDS COLONIAL REGIME , A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IS ON THE VERGE OF DESTRUCTION IN NAGERBAZAR, DUMDUM,IN THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL.
THE SAID ARCHITECTURE IS A VERY BIG HOUSE WHERE LORD CLIVE ONCE RESIDED. FOR THIS REASON IT IS LOCALLY KNOWN AS ” CLIVE HOUSE”. THE HISTORY OF THIS BUILDING CAN BE DATED BACK TO MIDDLE OF 18th CENTURY, THEN IT USED TO BE AN WAREHOUSE BELONGED TO DUTCH OR PORTUGESE. AFTER THE DECISIVE BATTLE OF PLASSEY IN 1757 LORD CLIVE STARTED LIVING HERE AND DONE MAJORE RENOVATIONS IN IT. IN LATER YEARS THE HOUSE SOMEHOW LOST ITS IMPORTANCE AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE DILAPIDATION STARTED. AND EVEN AFTER ASI TOOK IT, THE RENOVATION WORKS THEY HAVE DONE ARE STILL NOT ENOUGH TO STOP THE GRADUAL DESTRUCTION OF THIS HOUSE.
NOT ONLY THE HOUSE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF LORD CLIVE BUT THERE IS A BIG MOUND IN THE NORTH SIDE OF IT WHICH UPON DIGGING HAS PRODUCED ARCHAEOLOGICAL OBJECTS LIKE REMAININGS OF POTS , COINS ETC. WHICH CAN BE DATED BACK TO 2nd CENTURY BC TO 9th CENTURY AD. LOCAL PEOPLE WHO LIVED AROUND THE HOUSE IS VERY MUCH FURIOUS ABOUT THE ROLE THE GOVT PLAYED IN RENOVATING IT. AND FOR THIS LACK OF PROPER ATTENTION FOR A LONG TIME ILLEGAL ENCROACHMENTS AROUND THE HOUSE HAS ALSO TOOK PLACE MAKING ITS APPROACH FROM NAGERBAZAR AREA ALMOST DIFFICULT FOR INTERESTED VIEWERS AND SCHOLARS.
